NBA scouts on Chandler Parsons in Dallas: ‘A perfect situation’

Both were surprised the Rockets did not match the three-year, $46 million offer sheet for Parsons. Here are some of the highlights (the scouts were granted anonymity):

“I’m not sure we know who he is yet. Maybe he hasn’t even scratched the surface. He’s played well in Houston, and you can always say he can add this or add that, but what he’s done has been pretty good. Dallas is getting a really exciting young player.” — Western Conference scout.

“He’s got the skill set to be a dynamic player.But you never know what’s going to happen in the future. There are a lot of things that can help or hurt a situation like that. But really, I think it’s a perfect situation for him in Dallas because he doesn’t have to go in there and do it all. He can defer to Dirk (Nowitzki), and you know Monta (Ellis) can score. So I think it’s going to give Chandler a chance to grow at a sensible rate. He’s going to be really good for Dirk, too. He’ll help create space for Dirk.” — Eastern Conference scout.

“He does a lot of things pretty well, and if you put him alongside Dirk, he’s going to learn so much from him. And with him being 6-9 and Dirk being 7-foot, that’s a lot of length, especially as skilled as they are.” — Western Conference scout.

And what it means for the the Rockets:

“Houston can’t be certain that they are going to continue to be able to go after and land the big fish in free agency,” one said. “They got Howard that way, but there’s no guarantee that the next big guy on the market is going to go there.”

“ I don’t know if picking up (Trevor) Ariza really makes (the Rockets) better. They acted like they were going to do a lot of stuff and came out of it kind of empty. San Antonio is still the team to beat, but I think Dallas came out of the offseason in far better shape than they were.”